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1. Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 26-Aug-2022 20:15:16 UTC Bernie

   It arrived! #System76

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 26-Aug-2022 22:00:19 UTC Bernie

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     • Nathan [BURN DOWN THE SYSTEM]

     @Nathan I picked the Launch Lite, which costs "only" $199:
     https://system76.com/accessories/launch_lite_1/configure

   • Nathan [BURN DOWN THE SYSTEM] (nathan@aus.social)'s status on Friday, 26-Aug-2022 22:00:20 UTC Nathan [BURN DOWN THE SYSTEM]

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     @codewiz at 300 dollars, it better come with two different kinds of lube.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 26-Aug-2022 22:02:20 UTC Bernie

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     • Nathan [BURN DOWN THE SYSTEM]

     ...plus a bunch of random taxes added by CA and LA 🖕😠🖕
     @Nathan

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 26-Aug-2022 22:03:00 UTC Bernie

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     Unboxing the #System76 Launch Lite 🤩

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 26-Aug-2022 22:06:03 UTC Bernie

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     I love the extra sets of "retro" caps. There's an extractor tool to make them easy to swap.

     Too bad #System76 didn't include a Ctrl key with the right shape to replace the useless Caps Lock key!

   • Gorobar (gorobar@rollenspiel.social)'s status on Friday, 26-Aug-2022 22:21:03 UTC Gorobar

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     • penguin42

     @penguin42 @codewiz no arrows but keys with thr same functions

   • penguin42 (penguin42@mastodon.org.uk)'s status on Friday, 26-Aug-2022 22:21:04 UTC penguin42

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     @codewiz but no arrows??

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 27-Aug-2022 07:18:09 UTC Bernie

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     • Christian Horn

     @globalc I use Super + Left and Super + Right to switch desktops. I also bound Super + <number> to go directly to a desktop, but I never remember to use them.

   • Christian Horn (globalc@chaos.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-Aug-2022 07:18:11 UTC Christian Horn

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     @codewiz The launch lite without the row with F-keys would make things very hard here, I switch with [mod]+[F-something] all the time to other virtual screens in the sway window manager.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 27-Aug-2022 07:18:56 UTC Bernie

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     • Marco Bresciani

     @AAMfP I've always preferred the US layout with an extra key above Enter. even when I lived in Italy.

   • Marco Bresciani (aamfp@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 27-Aug-2022 07:18:57 UTC Marco Bresciani

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     @codewiz
     Cool, but no Italian ISO layout. 😮💨

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 27-Aug-2022 07:22:01 UTC Bernie

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     • Marco Bresciani

     @AAMfP All keys are programmable anyway... you can add accented letters anywhere you like. The only problem is that they don't sell key caps with the matching engravings...

     https://system76.com/accessories/launch/download
     #system76

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 27-Aug-2022 15:11:13 UTC Bernie

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     • Marco Bresciani

     @AAMfP I didn't notice until yesterday, but the #System76 Launch Lite firmware *is* QMK based:
     https://github.com/system76/qmk_firmware/tree/master/keyboards/system76/launch_lite_1

   • Marco Bresciani (aamfp@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 27-Aug-2022 15:11:14 UTC Marco Bresciani

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     @codewiz
     It would have been even nicer if they'd been QMK-compatible, instead of "wasting" man power for their own configurator, but indeed a nice keyboard.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 27-Aug-2022 22:20:39 UTC Bernie

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     For some reason, the default layout of the #system76 Launch keyboard has Alt-Fn-Super rather than the more canonical Fn-Super-Alt for PC keyboards.

     Here is how it compares to my trusty Happy Hacker Keyboard, on which I typed almost every day for the past 15 years 🥲

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 27-Aug-2022 22:34:38 UTC Bernie

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     The layout chosen by #System76 also differs from regular Mac keyboards and canonical PC keyboards.

     I wonder if they were trying to make Ctrl and Alt easier to reach with the pinky?

     But I always remap Ctrl to Caps, so I can move Fn there. On keyboards without the F-key row, the Fn key gets used often.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 28-Aug-2022 00:11:56 UTC Bernie

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     • Adam Dawson

     @adamd I have the Lemur Pro, and yeah, I want to keep them consistent.

   • Adam Dawson (adamd@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Sunday, 28-Aug-2022 00:11:57 UTC Adam Dawson

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     @codewiz I modified my Launch keyboard to be like my Sys76 laptop keyboard. I have the Pangolin.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 28-Aug-2022 00:13:25 UTC Bernie

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     • Christian Horn

     @globalc I changed my right spacebar to a backspace / delete.

   • Christian Horn (globalc@chaos.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Aug-2022 00:13:27 UTC Christian Horn

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     @codewiz You have one row less than me, so Fn is more important.. for the bottom row I settled with crtl, ctrl, super, alt, space^2, alt, Fn, ctrl.
     Almost never using Fn.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 29-Aug-2022 16:43:01 UTC Bernie

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     • Elias Mårtenson
     • Patrick Georgi

     Did you know that the Super key already existed when #Emacs was written? There was even a Hyper key lol 😂

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-cadet_keyboard
     @loke @patrick

   • Tenno Seremel, La ĉiela ombro (tennoseremel@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 29-Aug-2022 17:10:26 UTC Tenno Seremel, La ĉiela ombro

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     @codewiz I wanted to make Hyper modifier out of one button once (I need more modifiers). Too bad KDE doesn't really understand it's a modifier. Or maybe I did it wrong, no idea. X is kinda a mess a times.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 29-Aug-2022 17:25:11 UTC Bernie

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     • Tenno Seremel, La ĉiela ombro

     @tennoseremel I wonder if #Wayland fixes that... or make it much worse lol 😂

   • The Tech Lord ⊕ `Lex Pendragon (lexpendragon@quarteredcircle.net)'s status on Monday, 29-Aug-2022 17:37:21 UTC The Tech Lord ⊕ `Lex Pendragon

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     • Elias Mårtenson
     • Patrick Georgi

     @codewiz @loke @patrick The Like and Dislike keys are pretty interesting, too!

   • coldacid 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 :verified: (coldacid@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Monday, 29-Aug-2022 17:37:21 UTC coldacid 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 :verified:

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     • Elias Mårtenson
     • The Tech Lord ⊕ `Lex Pendragon
     • Patrick Georgi

     @LexPendragon @codewiz @loke @patrick I believe those are actually cursor keys!

   • LCCMV (lccmv@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Monday, 29-Aug-2022 20:03:33 UTC LCCMV

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     • Elias Mårtenson
     • Patrick Georgi

     @codewiz @loke @patrick

     Well, water already existed when Emacs was written and that keyboard looks super dirty. Does it belong to RMS?

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 29-Aug-2022 20:03:33 UTC Bernie

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     • Elias Mårtenson
     • Patrick Georgi
     • LCCMV
     • quidam
     • cure

     I have in fact seen one of his Lenote laptops with bits of beard and dandruff stuck between the keys 😨

     @lccmv @loke @patrick
     @quidam @cure

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 29-Aug-2022 20:03:34 UTC Bernie

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     • Elias Mårtenson
     • Patrick Georgi
     • LCCMV

     @lccmv @loke @patrick 😂😂😂

   • LCCMV (lccmv@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Monday, 29-Aug-2022 20:06:35 UTC LCCMV

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     • Elias Mårtenson
     • Patrick Georgi
     • quidam
     • cure

     @codewiz @loke @patrick @quidam @cure

     That is a pretty common report. Grease stains and food crumbs too.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 29-Aug-2022 20:07:21 UTC Bernie

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     • Elias Mårtenson
     • Ruben Rodriguez
     • Patrick Georgi
     • LCCMV
     • cure

     @lccmv @loke @patrick @cure oops, i cc'd the wrong quidam... I meant this one: @rubenquidam

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Aug-2022 19:30:07 UTC Bernie

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     • Elias Mårtenson
     • The Tech Lord ⊕ `Lex Pendragon
     • coldacid 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 :verified:
     • Patrick Georgi

     @coldacid @LexPendragon @loke @patrick Those hands with the sleeve buttons remind me of...

   • colin_brosseau (colin_brosseau@toot.aquilenet.fr)'s status on Thursday, 01-Sep-2022 00:58:08 UTC colin_brosseau

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     • Elias Mårtenson
     • Patrick Georgi

     @codewiz

     @loke @patrick

     This keyboard is really interresting. But I'd never use it. Too much finger travel.

     Less is more. I have a keyboard with low key count and layers. This is game changer as it brings all keys close. So finger travel is minimized. And it changes everything.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 01-Sep-2022 00:58:08 UTC Bernie

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     • Elias Mårtenson
     • Patrick Georgi
     • colin_brosseau

     @colin_brosseau @loke @patrick I totally agree, and that's why I just bought a 70-key compact keyboard (check the beginning of this thread).

   • Elias Mårtenson (loke@functional.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 01-Sep-2022 07:14:19 UTC Elias Mårtenson

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     • Patrick Georgi
     • colin_brosseau

     @codewiz @colin_brosseau @patrick I wish there was a keyboard with more keys available to buy. I really just want more keys to the left of the regular part of the keyboard, as well as more bucky bits.

     Why do no one make these?

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 01-Sep-2022 07:34:13 UTC Bernie

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     • Elias Mårtenson
     • Patrick Georgi
     • colin_brosseau

     @loke I had a keyboard just like you describe on my Sun SparcStation 5 back when it was cool:
     https://deskthority.net/wiki/Sun_Type_5

     @colin_brosseau @patrick
     #retrocomputing #sun #sparc

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 21-Oct-2022 13:46:31 UTC Bernie

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     • Elias Mårtenson
     • Patrick Georgi
     • Sir Funk 🇦🇺

     @Sophistifunk @loke @patrick 😂

   • Sir Funk 🇦🇺 (sophistifunk@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Friday, 21-Oct-2022 13:46:32 UTC Sir Funk 🇦🇺

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     • Elias Mårtenson
     • Patrick Georgi

     @codewiz @loke @patrick you need the hyper key to do hadoukens in mid-air